diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index e378cb383979a3e8e54234b14aa354e890c54e26..a8a358bc0f21792f5f675889f63d0c4123ecc04d 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -1187,6 +1187,12 @@ static int journal_reset(journal_t *journal)
 
 	first = be32_to_cpu(sb->s_first);
 	last = be32_to_cpu(sb->s_maxlen);
+	if (first + JBD2_MIN_JOURNAL_BLOCKS > last + 1) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "JBD: Journal too short (blocks %llu-%llu).\n",
+		       first, last);
+		journal_fail_superblock(journal);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	journal->j_first = first;
 	journal->j_last = last;